That “mano dura” approach has shown limited results. The homicide rate in 2024 dropped nearly 20 percent — but figures remain ...

President Daniel Noboa, who is known for his aggressive law-and-order policies, failed to win a majority of votes in his ...

President Daniel Noboa is favored to win Sunday’s presidential election as many voters embrace his heavy-handed tactics to ...

Drug-related violence that has rocked Ecuador in recent years is once again the biggest issue for many voters in Sunday's ...

For many years, Ecuador had one of the lowest homicide rates in Latin America – an indicator of low gang activity. As a result, it hadn’t developed a robust police and military response to gangs.

QUITO - Drug-related violence that has rocked Ecuador in recent years is once again ... a drastic fall in deaths in prisons - where once-common riots have become rare - and the capture of major ...

Ecuador's Noboa Touts Law and Order Progress ... a drastic fall in deaths in prisons - where once-common riots have become rare - and the capture of major gang leaders. His opponents, including ...

Ecuador held its general election on February 9. Defying the polls, Ecuadorians will be heading to a runoff race in April to ...

commuted the prison sentences or vowed to dismiss the cases of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including people convicted of assaulting ...

Tarrio was convicted of crimes including seditious conspiracy for his role in planning the Capitol riot that sought to ... He was ordered to serve 22 years in prison - the longest sentence of ...

Polls have opened in a presidential election in Ecuador that has shaped up to be a repeat of the 2023 race, when voters chose ...

Ecuadorian voters are preparing to cast their ballots for a new president for the second time in 18 months amid an ...